St. Louis Cardinals vs Houston Astros
May 19, 1985 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 19, 1985 at Astrodome. The Houston Astros defeated the St. Louis Cardinals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Houston Astros 7

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Coleman lf 4 0 0 0
McGee cf 4 1 1 0
Herr 2b 3 0 2 2
Clark 1b 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,1b 2 0 0 0
Van Slyke rf 4 1 2 1
Pendleton 3b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Smith ss 4 0 0 0
Tudor p 2 1 1 0
  Lawless ph 1 0 1 0
  Lahti p 0 0 0 0
  Allen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Pankovits 2b 5 1 4 1
Cabell 1b 4 1 2 1
Garner 3b 4 2 0 0
Cruz lf 4 0 2 0
Bass cf 3 0 0 1
Puhl rf 3 1 1 0
Ashby c 2 2 1 2
Reynolds ss 4 0 2 2
Mathis p 2 0 0 0
  Tolman ph 1 0 0 0
  Dawley p 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 12 7
St. Louis 011 001 000370
Houston 200 012 20x7120
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Tudor  L (1-6) 6.0 8 5 5 3 3
  Lahti   1.0 3 2 2 2 0
  Allen   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
7
7
5
3
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Mathis  W (3-1) 6.0 5 3 3 1 3
  Dawley  SV (2) 3.0 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
1
5

  E–None.  DP–St. Louis 1.  PB–Porter (2).  2B–St. Louis Herr (9,off Mathis); McGee (5,off Mathis); Lawless (1,off Dawley), Houston Reynolds (4,off Tudor); Cruz (9,off Lahti); Pankovits (1,off Allen).  HR–St. Louis Van Slyke (2,2nd inning off Mathis 0 on, 0 out), Houston Cabell (1,1st inning off Tudor 0 on, 1 out); Ashby (2,5th inning off Tudor 0 on, 0 out); Pankovits (1,7th inning off Lahti 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bass (1,off Tudor).  IBB–Puhl (2,by Lahti).  SB–Herr (7,2nd base off Mathis/Ashby); Van Slyke (8,2nd base off Mathis/Ashby).  IBB–Lahti (3,Puhl).  T–2:38.  A–15,652.
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